Foursquare 2010 Indelible 11-Year

After a dozen special cask releases, I’m finding it harder to rate each new Foursquare this one has the typical bourbon barrel aging with a Zinfandel finish for a total of 11 years. At 49% alcohol I find this blend easy to drink neat. Packs a nice first taste finish is long but smooth and mellow with a distinct edge. The last few weeks I have been enjoying lots of Christmas rums aged 30 years and have developed a pallet that enjoys the smooth depth of the additional 19 years aging. But how can you compare a $90 rum to $200-400 rums.

Thus my 8 rating. This is an excellent rum but does not stand up to some of the older rums I have been drinking. Maybe it’s the Zinfandel extra maturation but I like it better than rums that have too long port aging. There are better Foursquare releases.

Smelling this at first it seemed muted, then out of alcohol rose up the soft red wine, gentle but clear. Keeping going, a few sniffs later, the sugar started to waft upwards with the clear identification of rum. Wonderfully blended, soft and unique.
On the tongue, the fusion works wonderfully. Very clear toffee note, the wine a complementary accent, drier, inky, soft.
The finish brings a medium burn, a long warming down the chest. A long development of wine notes, the dryness until the toffee arrives just enough to remind me that this rum, but done differently.
No real resemblance to 2009, unique, rich and very nice.

Another fantastic rum which I could gush over for days here, but I'll just keep it simple. Well balanced, smooth but with a nice warmth down the chest, a sneaky nose that doesn't reveal itself right away and wonderful flavors to be discovered with each sip. I keep being impressed with each bottle of these phenomenal rums I try. I think I will be Barbados bound in my near future.

Remember these lower abv ECS are subtler than the 60% ers so it’s a totally different experience. Less endorphins released in the brain but instead a much more delicate experience. Delicious still, but in a different way, and the bottle drains much quicker! I’m on my second 😉

Great effort, as someone else notes, 49% is much easier to approach than 60%, I love both but at 49% just means I can drink two doubles instead of one. Red wine and port cask really suits rum, this one is no exception ;) Can’t fault the last few FSQ releases, and can’t wait for more…

I really like a slight note of vine in this SCR.
Lower alcohol content makes it more drinkable.
What a pitty only 2 bottles per person and sold out after 2-3 days.

barva : zlata, lehce tmavší zlata
vune vůně vína po zinfandlu, scuhost, ovocnost
chut: typický FS, jemněší v chuti, smetanový ke konci
zaver : burbon a smetana
hodnoceni 8,5
koupit ano z 70%
Alcohol 48 %

candid fruit aroma, spicy taste - macerated cherry with dark chocolate, cork aftertaste.

Intense fruity tones, wine, canded fruit, smooth burn and rather short oakey tail.

Sladká vůně. Jde cítit jahodový džem a kokos.
Velmi dobrá chuť, pikantní. Na konci mírně štiplavá a hřejivá.